#etzel

[erikensa]

i don't think he's a morning person in the slightest

[cchickennn]

Drawing one Fire Emblem character each day until my senior year ends

Day 317 - Etzel, Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon (Request by @erikensa)

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

The Monument to the Nibelungs or Nibelung Fountain is dedicated to a scene from the great medieval German epos: the meeting of Kriemhild, Queen of Burgundy, and Etzel, King of the Huns, in Tulln. It is depicted in a set of bronze sculptures by sculpture Michail Nogin.

[setrija-nibelungenfangirl]

Silly gag comic

[dt75artblog]

My @nagamas gift for @erikensa! When you are a mage with a funny little monocle talking about how to ethically use dark magic <3.

[fefuckability]

ROUND 1: Do you want a man who reads during sex?

Which man is more fuckable?

Etzel

Abel

Voting ended onMar 19, 2024

Feel free to comment/rb with your reasoning!

[fe-smashorpass]

Smash or Pass: Etzel

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onJul 12, 2024

[haljathefangirlcat]

Another piece of mythological trivia: from what I've seen in historical records and mythological/legendary works, the Etzel/Atli figure in Germanophone myths seems to be a mashup of two different historical people: Aetius the Roman commander who, commanding a an army that included Hunnic mercenaries, destroyed the Burgundian Kingdom and killed their three kings (the Nibelung Dynasty, according to legend); and the more famous Attila the Hun, who married the Germanic princess Ildico and died on his wedding day. Likely because the presence of Huns in both events, Aetius' deeds were absorbed into legends about Attila. Similarly, Dietrich von Bern's early life is based off Theodoric the Visigoth, a Gothic king who was a regular ally of Aetius, and actually died fighting alongside the Romans in the climactic Battle of Catalaunian Plains; but his later life is based on the more famous Ostrogoth Theodoric the Great, who ruled Verona and made his kingdom one of the leading powers in Europe. Again, two people with similar names were mashed into a single character in mythology.

Hmm... I admit I've mostly seen people try to identify Hagen as Aetius. That's interesting! And yeah, Dietrich is just so much even on a meta level, lol.

Some time ago I actually read a translation and commentary of the Hildebranslied that went pretty in-depth about how he came to be Ermanaric's long-suffering nephew when Odoacer would have been a more natural literary enemy for him. I'd briefly considered translating it into English (the text was in Italian) and posting it on here but then abandoned that idea. I think I might revisit it, tho...